For the last 8 years, Joe Rickman had ran the CIA’s operations in Afghanistan. It was a job that involved working with disreputable figures in the Islamic Republic. More than a quarter billion dollars in cash had passed through Rickman’s hands during his tenure as the master of black ops. At first glance it looks as if Rickman has been kidnapped, but Mitch Rapp knows certain things about his old friend that cause him to wonder if something more disturbing isn’t afoot, so Rapp is sent to find Rickman, no matter what it takes.
